archiveMay 2018

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osun State chapter,  has accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola of feeding the public with falsehood concerning the state’s debt profile. The state chapter of the party said this against the backdrop of Aregbesola’s appearance on this year’s edition of “Ogbeni Till Daybreak” programme. Osun PDP...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has paid about N1 billion to owners of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for their services for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Sunday...

  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended First Nation Airways indefinitely for carrying out illegal operations in Nigeria. The suspension was disclosed in a letter with reference number NCAA/DG/CSLA/RM/1-06/18/2304 dated May 11, 2018, signed by the Director General of the NCAA, Capt. Muktar Usman. Spokesman for the NCAA,...

  The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Mr John Onaiyekan, has urged media practitioners in the country to refrain from reporting fake news. Onaiyekan, who gave the advice on Sunday in Abuja at a forum to mark the 2018 World Communications Day, said fake news destroys character and communal living. He...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Dutse, Jigawa state capital, on Monday for a two-day official visit to the state. The President whose plane landed at about by 10:00AM at the Dutse Airport was received at the by Governors Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Abdullahi Gandujeo of Kano, Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe,...

  Diamond Bank Plc has announced a profit before tax decreased from N3.4 billion in 2016 to a loss of N11.5billion during the year ended 2017. The report and accounts filed to The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday showed significant growth in gross earnings which rose by nine per...

  The Department of Petroleum Resources is to engage stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas realm with a view to fashioning out new guidelines on life threatening things being taken for granted by operators in the industry. Zonal Controller, DPR ,Lagos, Mr. Oluwole Akinyosoye  disclosed this in a presentation on...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it would not allow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fool Nigerians by trying to sidestep the promises they made during the 2015 campaigns. The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, said...

  A  turnover of 1.586 billion shares worth N25.992 billion in 21,115 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 1.331 billion shares valued at N20.835 billion that exchanged hands last week in 18,695 deals. The...

President Muhammadu Buhari came back to the country Friday night and on his arrival at the airport in Abuja he said he was in good condition. The President’s aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja on Friday, May 11, 2018, by 7:00 pm after a three-day medical trip...